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YIG thin film tuned MIC oscillator

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1985-06-03
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Granted: 1986-12-02
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Expires: 2005-06-03
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Abstract

Abstract A tuned oscillator is disclosed which comprises an active element, a resonator electrically connected to the active element and made of a magnetic material using ferro-magnetic resonance phenomenon, and a magnetic circuit for applying a magnetic field to the resonator. The resonator is made of an YIG (yttrium, iron and garnet) thin film magnetic resonance element formed by a thin film forming technique and utilizes an uniform mode ferro-magnetic resonance in the YIG thin film, and operating under the application of magnetic field of the magnetic circuit.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshikazu Murakami
  • 👤 Seigo Ito
  • 👤 Toshiro Yamada

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 03:52
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03B; H03B5/00; H03B5/08; H03B5/12; H03B5/18; H03B5/1882; H03B5/1888; H01; H01P; H01P1/00; H01P1/20; H01P1/215; H03B2201/00; H03B2201/02; H03B2201/0225; H03B2201/0241; H03B5/1841; H03B5/1847

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 88 words
A tuned oscillator comprising: an active element; and a ferromagnetic resonator connected to said active element; said ferromagnetic resonator being formed of a ferrimagnetic crystal, a microstrip line electromagnetically coupled to said ferrimagnetic crystal and D.C. (direct current), bias magnetic field means applying D.C. (direct current) bias magnetic field to said ferrimagnetic crystal, said ferrimagnetic crystal being formed of an YIG (yttrium, iron, garnet) thin film formed by a thin film forming technique and being processed to suppress magnetostatic modes of ferromagnetic resonance other than the uniform mode.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 88 words
A tuned oscillator comprising: an active element; and a ferromagnetic resonator connected to said active element; said ferromagnetic resonator being formed of a ferrimagnetic crystal, a microstrip line electromagnetically coupled to said ferrimagnetic crystal and D.C. (direct current), bias magnetic field means applying D.C. (direct current) bias magnetic field to said ferrimagnetic crystal, said ferrimagnetic crystal being formed of an YIG (yttrium, iron, garnet) thin film formed by a thin film forming technique and being processed to suppress magnetostatic modes of ferromagnetic resonance other than the uniform mode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
A tuned oscillator according to claim 1, wherein said ferrimagnetic crystal is a thin film of YIG formed on a non-magnetic substrate by liquid phase epitaxial growth.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A tuned oscillator according to claim 2, wherein said non-magnetic substrate is a single crystal gadolinium gallium garnet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
A tuned oscillator according to claim 1, wherein said ferrimagnetic crystal is a thin disk of YIG having a groove at a peripheral portion of said disk.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 40 words
A tuned oscillator according to claim 1, wherein said ferrimagnetic crystal is a thin disk of YIG having a thickness at a central portion of said disk which is smaller than the thickness at a peripheral portion of said disk.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 28 words
A tuned oscillator according to claim 1 wherein said ferrimagnetic crystal is a disk of YIG which is thicker at its central portion than at its peripheral portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 18 words
A tuned circuit oscillator according to claim 1 including an impedance matching element connected to said active element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
A tuned circuit oscillator according to claim 1 including an impedance matching element connected to said ferrimagnetic crystal.

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